Travel Tips for the Eco-Conscious Traveler
When most of us started traveling, it was necessary to haul around an entire dictionary in the language (or languages) along your route. I remember browsing through bookstores, searching not for the best language dictionaries to take on the road, but the thinnest and lightest. It’s not a big surprise that they rarely delivered when [...]
Last month, I found myself with an hour to kill between connecting flights in Denver International Airport. During the course of that hour, I used my smart phone no less than five times for specialized airport and flight information. What airport apps did I find so important during that 60 minute period? Read on for my [...]
Almost four years ago, when the Amazon Kindle e-Reader first hit the scene, we wrote about whether an e-Reader was a good pick for green travelers. There are green pros and cons to any electronic reading device, but all this time later, one thing is clear: the Kindle is here to stay. The new question is, [...]
[This post is sponsored by Top Dollar Mobile.] Most of us have old electronics and gadgets lying around the house or sitting in a box in the garage. Whether they’re broken or just outdated, it’s hard to decide what to do with them — and some people end up throwing them in the trash. According [...]
My husband and I spent 3 months traveling through Africa last year. As we were planning, one of my biggest concerns was figuring out how we would backup our photos and videos on the road. With only one computer on the trip, we knew that we would quickly fill up the internal hard drive. We [...]
Apple sold over 35 million iPhones in the first quarter of 2012, so it’s no surprise that there are iPhone apps for everything from shopping and hiking to recycling and eating local. We’ve sifted through hundreds of apps and come up with this list of the top 10 green iPhone apps that make it easy to [...]
Earlier this year, my husband and I moved back to the United States after four years of living in Africa. We live in a connected world, and it can be great to disconnect from it all and leave cell phones and other technology at home while traveling. But, even in Africa, it’s helpful to have [...]
We bit the bullet and purchased our first iPad earlier this year. Since my husband and I both have MacBook Pros and iPhones, it felt a little bit like overkill. But we have been really happy with our purchase. We both use our new tablet for reading eBooks and have found it is a great travel [...]
Whether you are going on a staycation or planning a long-term overseas trip, it is definitely easier to capture those legendary travel moments with a great camera. Up until the last few years, it was difficult to get a great camera for a good price. Many professional DSLR cameras seemed off-limits for travelers. But thankfully, there are [...]
If you travel with kids, you know that keeping them entertained en route is one key to a great family vacation. While we have strict rules about “screen time” at home, during flights and long car road trips with kids, we hand over the electronic travel gadgets– and are grateful for the silence! Read on for a [...]
